Kempner's & Dodson Insurance Group v. Hall

George K. Cracraft, Judge.

Kempner’s and Dodson Insurance Group, their workers’ compensation carrier, appeal from a determination by the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission that they are liable for disability benefits and medical expenses incurred by appellee John Q. Hall as a result of a heart attack and bypass surgery. They contend that the appellee’s disability and surgery were necessitated by a preexisting coronary artery disease and were not work related. We do not agree.

The appellee was manager of Kempner’s Shoe Store at McCain Mall in North Little Rock. In November, 1979, while at…